232 STORKS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 



DETAILS OF DIGESTION EXPERIMENT NO. 307. 

 This experiment, forming part of metabolism experiment 

 No. 53, a work experiment with an excess of carbohydrates in 

 the diet, began wdth breakfast April 24, 1902, and continued 

 three days. The weight of the subject, J. C. W., in under- 

 clothes was 79.4 kilos at the beginning and 80.2 kilos at the end. 



Table 132. 

 Digestion experiment No. joj . 



During this experiment the subject eliminated 3621.4 grams 

 urine, containing 44.6 grams nitrogen. The average nitrogen 

 balance per day was therefore as follows: Income in food, 17.9 

 grams; outgo in urine and perspiration, 15.4 grams, and in 

 feces, 2.3 grams; implying a gain of .2 gram nitrogen, corre- 

 sponding to 1.3 grams protein. 



